{"id":82963,"date":"2018-07-16T08:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T06:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=82963"},"modified":"2018-07-16T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:18:01","slug":"poachers-killed-shootout-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/07\/16\/poachers-killed-shootout-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Poachers killed in shootout with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to information the incident occurred on Sunday when a task team consisting of police and Tracker Connect members had an operation in the reserve.<br \/>\nA shootout ensued and two poachers were shot and killed. A member of the task team was wounded during the shootout.<br \/>\nPolice discovered weapons and poaching equipment on the scene.<br \/>\nMore information will follow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RHINO POACHERS SHOT &amp; KILLED AFTER SHOOTOUT AT LOSKOP DAM NATURE RESERVE. MP. INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN OP BY SAPS &amp; TRACKER CONNECT  . 1 TASK TEAM MEMBER SHOT &amp; WOUNDED. 2 POACHERS SHOT &amp; KILLED. FIREARMS, AMMO &amp; NIGHT VISIONS OPTICALS SEIZED  .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; REZA (@crimeairnetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/crimeairnetwork\/status\/1018591406770700288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82957\/abandoned-baby-found-alive-rushed-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abandoned baby found alive, rushed to hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82930\/hijackers-large-middelburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hijackers at large in Middelburg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82950\/suid-afrikaanse-spiesgooi-kampioen-dalk-vir-muti-vermoor-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suid-Afrikaanse spiesgooi kampioen dalk vir muti vermoor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82952\/kaptein-booyse-die-kroek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaptyn Booyse die kroek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Save our standby number (072 248 3855) and send us a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to be added to our broadcast list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Have a news tip?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our news room on our 24 hr standby number\u00a0072 248 3855, or send a mail to our editor\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have been received of poachers killed in the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":13632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10264,12393,12391,12394,4755,12395,12390,7679,12392],"class_list":["post-82963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-fight-against-poaching","tag-groblersdal-saps","tag-loskop-dam-nature-reserve","tag-member-of-task-team-wounded","tag-middelburg-saps","tag-poachers-killed-in-shootout","tag-poachers-shot","tag-rhino-poaching-in-south-africa","tag-tracker-connect"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["fight against poaching","Groblersdal SAPS","Loskop dam nature reserve","member of task team wounded","Middelburg SAPS","Poachers killed in shootout","poachers shot","rhino poaching in South Africa","Tracker connect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}